XDG Autostart: Difference between revisions

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The XDG Autostart specification defines a method for autostarting ordinary desktop entries on desktop environment startup and removable medium mounting, by placing them in specific #Directories.

Prerequisites

You need to use either a desktop environment that supports it, or a dedicated implementation, like:

Directories

The Autostart directories in order of preference are:

user-specific: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart (~/.config/autostart by default)
system-wide: $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/autostart (/etc/xdg/autostart by default) [1]

System-wide desktop entries can be overridden by user-specific entries with the same filename.

Tip:

To disable a system-wide entry, create an overriding entry containing Hidden=true.
To list autostart programs, install dex and run dex -ad.

For more details, read the specification.

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 The [https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html XDG Autostart specification] defines a method for [[autostarting]] ordinary [[desktop entries]] on [[desktop environment]] startup and removable medium mounting, by placing them in specific [[#Directories]].
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 * {{AUR|dapper}}
 * {{AUR|fbautostart}}
-* {{AUR|sandsmark-xdg-autostart-launcher-git}}
 * [https://systemd.io/DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENTS/#xdg-autostart-integration systemd-xdg-autostart-generator]
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 * user-specific: {{ic|$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart}} ({{ic|~/.config/autostart}} by default)
-* system-wide: {{ic|$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/autostart}} ({{ic|/etc/xdg/autostart}} by default)[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html#referencing]
+* system-wide: {{ic|$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/autostart}} ({{ic|/etc/xdg/autostart}} by default) [https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html#referencing]
 System-wide [[desktop entries]] can be overridden by user-specific entries with the same filename.
-{{Tip|To disable a system-wide entry, create an overriding entry containing {{ic|1=Hidden=true}}.}}
+{{Tip|
+* To disable a system-wide entry, create an overriding entry containing {{ic|1=Hidden=true}}.
+* To list autostart programs, [[install]] {{Pkg|dex}} and run {{ic|dex -ad}}.
+}}
 For more details, read [https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html the specification].